Improvement in riding attachments for plows



J. BAILEY & G. MARSHALL. Riding-Attachment for Plows.

No. 198,068, Patente d Dec. 11,1877.

A'IZTEST: mvsuToRs:

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFIcE.

JOHN BAILEY AND GEORGE MARSHALL, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINbIs;

. lMP RoVEME'NT lN RIDING ATTACHMENTS FOR PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,068, dated December11,1877; application filed March 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN BAILEY and GEORGE MARSHALL, 'both ofBelleville, in

the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois,

have made a new anduseful Improvement in Riding Attachments for Plows,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the. accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.

Our improvement'relates to an attachment for an ordinary walking-plow tocarry a drivers seat; and our invention consists in the combination,with the bar supporting the seat,

of a lever, secured upon a stud constructed on the outer end of thesame,-and provided with an arm, carrying thespindle upon which theground-wheel turns.

. Our invention also consists in a verticallyadjustable arm, runningfrom the seat-bar forwardparallel with the beam of the plow, and whosefront end gives bearing to a casterwheel. The arm has adjustment by alever Fig. 2 is a side view of the device for adjusting the caster-wheelarm enlarged.

A is an ordinary walking-plow, and B its beam. 0 is a horizontal barprojecting at a right angle from the beam. 7 At the outer end of the barG is a spindle, c, forming the fulcrum-bearing of the hand-lever D,which is of bell-crank form, and its shorter arm 61 carries a'spindle,d, on which turns the ground-wheel E, that forms the support of theouter end of the bar 0. Fis a segment-rack, having square I notches, f,to receive the spring-catch G of the lever D, so as to hold the lever inany position in which it may be placed.

The catch Gris forced down by a spiral spring within the bearing-socketg, and is drawn up by a bell-crank hand-lever, g, through medium of arod, 9

It will be seen that by movement of the of the ground, and the plow bemade to run level, or at any desired inclination, by a simple movementof the lever D, under easy command of the driver upon the seat I.

c is a plate, constituting theinner end of I the bar 0, and said bar isconnected tothe beam by bolts H, above and beneath the beam, passingthrough the plate 0, and through oleat-plates'at the other side of thebeam.

The drivers seat I is supported on arm 0 of the bar 0, as shown, and. Iis the drivers foot-rest. J is a spindle projecting from the plate 0,and forming .the fulcrum-bearing of the handlever K. c r 7 Upon thefulcrum-hub of the lever K is a cog'segmenuk, engaging with'au interiorcogsegment, 1, upon the arm L, in whose forward end the caster-wheel Mhas pivot-bearing.

The arm L ishinged, at its rear end I, to the bottom of the bar 0, so asto admit of the vertical adjustment of the wheel M to regulate the depthof the furrow. This adjustment is made by the lever K, by means of thegear 10 l, the lever being drawn back to lift the end of the arm.

N is a notched rack upon the plate 0, havingin it square notches n, toreceive the springcatch 0. c

The catch 0 works in a bearing, is, and is forced downward, to engage itin the notches n, by a spiral spring within said bearing. The catch 0 islifted to disengage it from the notches n by a rod, 10, connecting it toa hand bell-crank lever, P, at the upper end of the lever K.

We claim- 4 1. In a one-wheel plow attachment, the crossbar 0, rigidlysecured to the plow-beam by means of a broad bearing-plate, G, andconstructed with an arm, 0, adapted to form a support for a seat and afoot-rest, and a stud or spindle, a, forming a bearing for a cranklever,which carries the wheel, as and for the purpose setforth.

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2. The lever K and arm L, attached to or notched quadrant or rack 13,substantially as near the bar G, in combination with the eogand for thepurposeset forth. segments is and Z, substantially as and for the JOHNBAILEY.

purpose set forth. GEORGE MARSHALL;

3. The bar 0, rigidly attached to the beam Witnesses: B, in combinationwith the wheel E, bell-crank EMIL ABERER,

lever D, spring-catch G, or equivalent, and F. W. DEIDESHEIMER.

